Exposure to denial essays lowers Holocaust belief below factual accounts

Evidence

A significant main effect for the essays appeared (F = 5.06; p < .01). Those who had read the denial material believed less in the Holocaust afterward (the mean equaled 56.1) than those in the control (61.0) or factual (62.8) condi- tions. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3162

Categorization

• QUESTION: Did the factual (Hoess confession) group also differ from control — or did factual reading fail to raise belief above baseline? The passage cuts off before the comparison is fully spelled out.